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Tagged With: trilobites

Proven Trilobite Hunt in Shade!

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Beverly

As promised, I am posting one of the sites that we went to on the Trilobite Hunt – this is it!   Who doesn’t love a shady fossil hunt on a hot August afternoon? The quiet of a seldom traveled gravel road, you, the birds, and the hunt for…???     The very first rock … Continue reading »

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Group Trilobite Hunt This Saturday

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Beverly

I am planning a group fossil hunt for this Saturday, August 10th, 2013, 1 pm we will leave. If you would like to see my fossilized retaining wall, etc. please come early. Two locations are on the schedule, both are proven trilobite spots. Expect the Prosser and Cummingsville members of the Galena Formation. I think … Continue reading »

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4th of July Fossil Hunt: WHAHOO! Check Out This Roller!

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Beverly

  The haul from the first site. Do you see him? Do you see him?   Yup, here’s Waldo! Unbelievable! He was just laying there as is! And Caleb from Midwestpaleo.com (sidebar link) identified him as a Anataphrus borreaus trilobite. Last night as I dreamed, I was surrounded by trilobites, laughing cynically at me! Enrolled … Continue reading »

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“Beach” Hunt on Cty. 8

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Beverly

  I think I have found a new favorite place to hunt fossils close to home! This is a rocky outcrop (I would call it a sandbar, but there is really no sand.) on Cty. 8 about 7 miles east of Spring Valley. Perhaps 2 miles west of Fillmore. The closest marker I could come … Continue reading »

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Of Trilobites and Ticks – Hwy. 52 Fountain

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Beverly

UPDATE: Finally got all the rocks cleaned and the total for trilobites on this one hunt along Hwy. 52 is now 14 – FOURTEEN TRILOBITES! Eight in One Rock! Yeah! All pygidiums and all Eomonorachus or is that a crus? Hmmm… Pterygometopid trilobites anyways. After the Cty. 11 hunt, I stopped over at Hwy. 52 … Continue reading »

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At least 4 Trilos!

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Beverly

What a hunt(s)! Went with a friend to a “Junk Redefined” sale on Cty. 11 about 4 miles north of Fountain. We took separate vehicles because I anticipated checking out a road cut and picking up feed for the critters. But this turned into more like 4 individual hunts! I’m contemplating if I should do … Continue reading »

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Fossil Hunting Evening, Morning, and Just Plain WOW!

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Beverly

  Wow! An hour and a quarter evening hunt with the girls, Andreya and Julia, and Kristina. And what a haul! Julia and I both found our own Ordovician Halysites (chain coral)–rare here! We were all jealous when the five year old, Andreya, found a rare fossil on her first hunt! A bucket full of maclurites found! … Continue reading »

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Memorial Weekend Hunt with Paleontologist Carl Mehling

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Beverly

Carl Mehling had contacted me about a month ago (we are both on thefossilforum.com) and asked about hunting here in Minnesota. So this hunt had been in the planning for a while. Wow, what a whirlwind hunt! Five roadcuts, at least 4 formations, and both the Ordovician and Devonian Periods–in three hours! Sunday, May 26th … Continue reading »

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Proven Trilobite Site

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Beverly

Trilobites seem to be the “Holy Grail” for fossil hunters–although I personally do not understand the obsession, they look like sea cockroaches to me! But hunters hunt what they want and this site has produced at least 5 Anataphrus borraeus trilobites that I know of. And all are rollers. Caleb has his prepped and it … Continue reading »

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